[A, err.. Welcome?]
I dumbfoundedly saw Angela and Elizabeth lined up. What’s with this pairing?
[Wait, Masaru. Who’s this girl?], said Angela.
[Who is this girl?], Elizabeth also asked.
What is up with this threatening mood coming from these two?
[Umm… now, now. Calm down, you two. This is someone that I’m indebted to from the investigation of the forest, Elizabeth from the B rank party The Dawn Axe. And this is a church priestess that I’m indebted for many things, Angela.]
[B rank.][Priestess.]
Said the two of them while glaring at each other.
[U, umm.. how about you come in for now?]
The two of them came in.
[Mu, who are those kids?]
[I haven’t seen the two of them, why are they in the house?]
They saw Tirika and Sati, and asked me again.
[Umm,, she is an employee of the guild, Tirika-chan. And then this is Sati, she does the housework…]
[I am Masaru-sama’s slave, Sati-desu.]
And bowed her head. Sati declared with a smile on her face that did not show any shame.
[Slave!? Did you buy her?] said Angela.
[Hmm..] and this is Elizabeth.
Angela looked like she wanted to say something, Elizabeth seemed to not mind it.
[And what’s the matter with you two today?]
I asked them while they sat on the chair.
[I came to see how Masaru was doing.]
[It’s about time our practice to begin, Masaru.]
[Ah, yeah. For now we will have lunch, what about you two?]
[I will eat.][I will accept your offer.]
I introduced them to Sati and Tirika too. Especially Tirika-chan, she just silently listened. I had Sati prepared tea for them.
Ah, the oil is bad. When I took my eyes away, the temperature got too high. I will take it off from the fire a bit. The soup looked fine and warm. The adjustment of heat level for the oil was not difficult. Let’s reduce the firewood and see it. I gave an order to Sati to prepare the bread and salad. I put a bit of bread crumbs into the oil and checked the temperature. Is it good? Then I put the karaage. While frying it, I coated the remaining cutlet. I prepared the plate and lined it up. Shit, is it not enough? There was no plan to have this many guests, I should make an addition for next time, let’s use this bowl to substitute it… Salad and bread were both ready to serve. The soup had been boiled too and brought it into the table. The karaage also gradually got fried. The pot of oil, I should have bought the bigger one, huh… If the number of people increased, it would be troublesome. I served the karaage and took out tartar sauce from the refrigerator.
[Then, it’s fine to eat now. Sati too, let’s eat together.]
[Umm, what about Masaru-sama?]
[It’s not good to not keep an eye on the frying pan]
The deep-fried food was supreme because it’s fried! The taste would drop if does not get eaten soon.
[Ok, ok. Take a sit. Today menu is bread, salad and soup. For salad, I use that mayonnaise. For the karaage is tartar sauce. I used dragon meat for both of them so it should be good. Now, eat while they are still hot.]
[Oh, it’s delicious!][What is it, delicious!][Masaru-sama, it’s delicious!][………]
I took the cutlet in order and cut it, and brought it to table.
[This is a cutlet using dragon meat. Put on the sauce and eat it.]
[This is good too.][It’s crispy and tasty!][It’s delicious desu!][………]
It seemed popular. Though Tirika-chan was silent, she was greedily eating, it so it was fine I guess.
Finally, I also ate one myself because I finished frying the cutlet. Karaage and dragon cutlet were both delicious. The quality of the ingredients sure make a difference, huh…. At home, I just used a cheap import meat.
The karaage in the large plate was decreasing very fast. Though I planned to make a large portion, it’s not enough, huh. Ah, Angela and Elizabeth were glaring at each other for the last piece.
[I won’t give it to you.][No way, I saw it first.]
Whosss!
[Ah!?]
From the side, Tirika-chan snatched it. Elizabeth had teary eyes. Did you want to eat it that much?
[Look, there are still dragon cutlet and soup.]
I’m glad that I made a large portion. Though I made a lot of soup to last for dinner, the bottom of the bowl had appeared. Sati seemed reserved. I couldn’t see the usual big eater there.
[Sati, eat more. Because this soup was made by you.]
I put the remaining soup into her plate.
[Thank you so much, Masaru-sama.]
I watched a group of three girls and saw the cutlet being eaten.
[Ummm, if it’s not enough, should I make more?]
[No, it’s enough. You have a good skill, Masaru.]
[Un, I’m full. Masaru is good at cooking. I’m surprised.]
[It was delicious.]
Though I planned to have afternoon tea, let’s take out the pudding too. I took out the pudding from refrigerator.
[Dessert after a meal. It’s called pudding. It’s delicious.]
I gave one for each person. There were six puddings. There were five people here. So there was one pudding left over the table. Though it would be fine to put it back into refrigerator, I wanted to check how it tasted, so I started eating it quickly..
Yes, it’s pudding. Though it was a little quirky because I used horse milk and mystery eggs, it became a proper pudding. Let’s use caramel next time. Even though I’m in another world, if we tried, we could make it. Though sugar and oil are expensive, vegetables and seasonings taste the same as on Earth, so they are eatable After this, if I can just obtain rice, I won’t complain anymore.
At that time, the battle of the girls started.